The idea for the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital Cup originally came from a local bookbinder called Mr E Smith. The intention being to hold an annual end of season football match to raise funds for the hospital. Working with a…
When the Canaries beat Manchester City 5-0 in a cup final
The Daily Express Five-a-Side was a national tournament that ran from 1967/68 to 1986/87. Competitors were mostly English league teams with occasional invites to Scottish teams. The annual event was held at Wembley Arena with crowds reaching 10,000. The 4…
Published Norwich City Handbooks
I’ve been looking closely at Norwich City handbooks over the last few weeks. I wanted to compile and share this definitive list of all of the handbooks that have been published over the years. I’m thankful to the Norwich City…
Norwich City Kit Tracker
This aim of this page is to track the different variations of outfield kit worn by Norwich City in competitive 1st team matches as I think this will be an interesting and useful resource for others to reference. (Note –…
Canary Threads – The Story of 50 Norwich City shirts
I would like to announce details of a new book called “Canary Threads” documenting a wonderful selection of 50 different shirts worn by Norwich City over the last 60 years. Each shirt is connected to a great moment in the…
Norwich City in the Texaco Cup
The Texaco Cup started in the 1970/71 season and continued for 5 seasons. For the first 2 seasons, it involved clubs from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland that had not qualified for European football. For the last 3 seasons,…
Norwich City in the Anglo-Scottish Cup
Norwich City played in the Anglo-Scottish Cup as part of the pre-season preparations for 4 seasons in the 1970’s. The tournament was created in 1975 and played with a mix of English and Scottish teams. The competition replaced the Texaco…
Programmes from postponed or abandoned Norwich City games
It used to be quite common for games to get postponed in the winter months because of frozen pitches and snow. However, it’s unusual now for Premier League or Championship games to be called off because most clubs have good…
1942 Norwich City Football Rattle
This football rattle is a wonderful piece of Norwich City memorabilia. It is very different to the many shirts and programmes I have in this collection. It was originally purchased by a young city fan who was going to watch…
2001/02 Division One Play Off Final Shirt
It is unusual for Norwich City to reach the Championship / Division One end of season play-offs. Before this current season, Norwich had qualified just twice in the previous 20 seasons at this level since the play-offs were introduced in…